A Trenton man has launched a $90-million lawsuit against the Attorney General for Ontario and the Quinte West Police Services Board.

Gerald Brummell filed the claim in the Superior Court of Justice in Cobourg Friday. He served the Attorney General's Office in Toronto on the same day.

The City of Quinte West was served a copy of the claim Monday.

Brummell is alleging upward of 500 violations of the Charters Rights in his claim.

He told the Trentonian he will prosecute the case himself.

A statement of claim is filed by the plaintiff in civil court proceedings. Its claims have not been proven in court.

Named in the lawsuit are 36 OPP officers, including former OPP commissioner Julian Fantino and Quinte West OPP Detachment Commander, Insp. Earl Johns.

Brummell is claiming damages for the following: $500,000 for pain and suffering, $5 million for loss of income, $5 million for loss of future income and $80 million for aggravated damages. Brummell is also claiming $167,412 in cash and a 14-karat gold Rolex watch he alleges were stolen from his former home on Rednersville Road.

Brummell is alleging corruption and conspiracy on the part of OPP officers dating back to an OPP Professional Standards Bureau investigation that began in 2004.

Among the long list of allegations included in the claim are: tampering of evidence, civil conspiracy, trespassing, invasion of privacy, intentional infliction of emotional and mental distress, tortious interference, false criminal allegations, illegal surveillance, false imprisonment, malfeasance in public office, intentional misrepresentation, and breaches of his Charter Rights on the part of the defendants.

Brummell appeared in court in 2008 on charges of criminal harassment, mischief and fraud stemming from a six-month probe by the Ontario Provincial Police's East Regional Crime Unit in 2006.

He was convicted on some of the counts and served 14 months in jail for those charges.

Defendants had little to say about the lawsuit.

Spokesman Brendan Crawley comfirmed the Ministry of the Attorney General was served with the statement of claim last Friday.

"As Mr. Brummell has commenced a legal proceeding, it would be inappropriate to comment further,'' said Crawley.

Quinte West CAO Gary Dyke also said the city is not commenting on the claim.

"It has been forwarded to our solicitor,'' said Dyke.

Police Services Board chairman Jim Alyea also said he wasn't in a position to comment on the claim.

"While I can't go into specifics, Mr. Brummell did attend several PSB meetings. We did our due diligence by listening to him,'' said Alyea.

Alyea said it was decided by the board to seek advice from a solicitor following Brummell's appearance at the meetings.

Johns was not available for comment Monday. A staffer at the OPP detachment office said it was unlikely Johns would be at work this week.

Brummell's claim states his "problems" started in October 2000, just months after he and his fiancé moved to a home on Eastern Avenue in Prince Edward County.

Brummell alleges that between September and October 2000, his fiancée was repeatedly stalked by an "unknown'' male.

By December 2000, Brummell alleged, his fiancée was being stalked by OPP Insp. Brad Burkholder, a defendant named in the claim.

Brummell said he asked the defendant to focus his attention elsewhere. Brummell claims the defendant told him his "life was going to get interesting.''

Brummell alleged the defendant began making "unwarranted accusations and invasions into the lives'' of his fiancée and himself.

The couple was married March 7, 2001. Brummell said he learned the defendant lived less than 500 yards from his house.

The couple moved to a home on Rednersville Road in September, 2001.

Following the move, Brummell alleged his family was subjected to "several years of harassment and threatening behavior by three OPP officers named in the civil suit."

He alleged those actions included invasion of privacy, trespassing, "frivolous'' roadside stops and other "multiple intimidations.''

Brummell also alleged he found a note in his mailbox stating: "Wouldn't it be unfortunate if someone had to look up your pretty wife's ass to see if there were any narcotics hidden?''

Brummell alleges one of the defendants was intoxicated and "threatened'' the couple's lives "in broad daylight at a public intersection'' on April 30, 2004.

Brummell said he reported the alleged death threat on May 3, 2004 to the OPP's Professional Standards Bureau (PSB). By May 15, Brummell said OPP officers arrived at his house to discuss the alleged threat.

The result, said Brummell, was a 20-month investigation with a final report delivered to Brummell on Dec. 15, 2005.

The bureau's report, said Brummell, concluded there was no wrongdoing on the part of the OPP.

Brummell appealed the decision to the former Ontario Civilian Commission on Police Services (OCCOPS) on evidentiary grounds. The appeal was denied.

Brummell claimed he then submitted a request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act in order to find of out what information had been submitted by the PSB. Brummell states in his claim the request was denied

He appealed again, this time to the Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner. Brummell claimed he was denied access to all documents, but said the PSB submitted more than 120 pages of additional material to OCCOPS beyond the 29 pages of the original report.

Brummell said he consulted a lawyer in spring 2006 to "bring an action against the OPP'' for violations of Charter rights.

"This process was interrupted by actions of the OPP,'' states Brummell in the claim.

On May 11, 2006 Brummell said he was arrested at his home in front of his wife and two children.

The statement alleges it was followed by more than four years of fraudulent investigations that resulted in Brummell being "wrongfully'' incarcerated.

In an interview Monday, Brummell said he brought a formal complaint against the OPP, naming the officers involved in early June of 2009. The Professional Standards Bureau, he said, was said to have conducted a nine-month criminal investigation from July 6, 2009 through March 2010 into 11 officers.

All officers were cleared. Brummell said his allegations were determined to be without merit by the OPP and The Crown.

Brummell also said in the interview he disguised himself by using a clandestine e-mail address. He said he contacted the OPP Anti Rackets and Corruption Bureau, and spoke with officers from their bureau about alleged corruption on the part of the Crown.

He said he met with two officers from Orillia, who spent several hours with Brummell.

"They were surprised that it was the OPP I was bringing the allegations against,'' said Brummell. "Imagine the looks on their faces when they learned they were seeing evidence which (allegedly) implicated their own officers in serious criminal activities.''

Brummell said he recorded the entire interview where officers are heard agreeing with every point made by Brummell, and even offering their own observations about the serious crimes uncovered.

He claimed an outside investigation was promised by the Anti Rackets and Corruption Bureau, and was shut down by OPP brass.

"They cannot stop this from coming to light, if I have to take this to the Supreme Court, I will," said Brummell.